News19 February 2014

Fitch joins Bauer Media from Absolute Radio

Adrian Fitch has been appointed head of brand insight ( radio) in the Bauer Media Research and Insights team.

News19 February 2014

Wyse Advertising subscribes to Rentrak

Wyse is replacing its sample-based measurement service with Rentrak’s local television currency.

News31 January 2014

De le Riva rolls out SocialDecode for social TV ratings

Agency says some 50% of young, urban Mexicans engage in second-screening.

News31 January 2014

SecondSync to probe TV conversations on Facebook

“It’s something that all our clients are interested in understanding,” says SecondSync MD Andy Littledale.

News31 January 2014

Product Perceptions appoints field manager

Sasha Gallova joins All Fieldwork Matters team following stints at Bdifferent, Bunnyfoot and 1HQ.

News31 January 2014

Open Plan adds head of research and SRE

Neil Rees joins from Kadence, Catherine Swanson joins from Kantar Health.

News31 January 2014

Isagenix taps EasyInsites for associates panel

Health and weight loss products company looks to gauge customer opinions.

News31 January 2014

GfK sales dip 1.3% on strong euro exchange rate

Sales fall to €1.495bn, but adjusted operating income and margin increase.

News30 January 2014

WPP in global social data deal with DataSift

Marketing services group taps social media data sources.

News30 January 2014

CBS in multi-year TV measurement deal with Nielsen

Long-term commitment “to realise promise of advanced media measurement analytics,” says CBS’s David Poltrack.

News30 January 2014

All hail the chief data officer!

Gartner predicts 25% of large global companies will have one by 2015.

Feature30 January 2014

Work in concert

Ticketmaster’s Sophie Crosby tells Brian Tarran how event promoters are using insight to get smarter at reaching the right audience.

News30 January 2014

OnePoll taps Chris Martin as research director

Former Synovate man to lead new full-service analysis offer.

News30 January 2014

Radius names research director, senior analyst to EMEA team

John Storey and Christina Beza join Radius Global’s London office.

News30 January 2014

UK MR 'snapshot' finds industry upbeat

Expectations for sector, businesses and economy all increase in latest RSM survey.

News29 January 2014

Minority report: specialist research firm launches

Vision Strategy and Insights ( VSI) will specialise in Hispanic, African American and Asian consumers.

News29 January 2014

TV ratings row breaks out in Egypt

Ipsos says allegations of skewed data are “unjustifiable and not based on facts”.

News29 January 2014

GfK brings electronic TAM to Saudi Arabia

GfK has signed a contract to introduce the first electronic TV audience measurement in the kingdom.

News29 January 2014

Mary Coyne joins Hope + Anchor

Former research director at 2CV Research takes the same role at strategic insight agency.

Opinion29 January 2014

Great expectations

What do consumers want from brands in 2014? InSites Consulting’s Tom De Ruyck goes in search of answers.

News29 January 2014

How the cookie could crumble

New IAB whitepaper outlines the limitations of, and replacements for, the traditional cookie.

News29 January 2014

Martin Talks with Liveminds

Former global digital lead at Draftfcb Marting Talks has joined the Liveminds advisory board.

News28 January 2014

Bing and FOX partner on State of the Union poll

Search engine and news channel to gather real-time responses to presidential address.

News28 January 2014

Singapore adopts MRS Fair Data scheme

Market Research Society of Singapore will invite members to sign up to personal data ‘trust mark’.

Feature28 January 2014

Top 10 US data privacy players

Who are the top 10 US government players in consumer data privacy in 2014? The Marketing Research Association ( MRA) counts down its list, in celebration of Data Privacy Day ( 28 January).

News28 January 2014

Online privacy a growing concern, says survey

GlobalWebIndex survey to mark ‘Data Privacy Day’ says 56% of people are worried about the internet eroding their personal privacy.

News28 January 2014

Digimind expands to Singapore and UK

First phase of three year international expansion plan for social media monitoring and competitive intelligence company.

News28 January 2014

Hogg lands new role at Research Now

Ben Hogg promoted to role of managing director, EMEA Portfolio Companies.

News28 January 2014

SSI and Decision Analyst join forces

An exclusive partnership will allow Decision Analyst’s panels to join the SSI B2B InSSItes sample.

News27 January 2014

Nielsen and comScore reach agreement on LinkMeter

Sale and data licencing deal to keep ESPN’s Project Blueprint alive post-Arbitron.

News27 January 2014

Nielsen veteran to lead Ipsos Canada's media practice

Joanne Van der Burgt tasked with expanding media measurement work in the country.

News27 January 2014

Effective Research adds Colombian office

New Bogotá base for online, mobile and social media research specialist.

Opinion27 January 2014

Going wild for the aisles

Spring’s Stephen Phillips charts the rise of shopper marketing and insight, and explains why the specialism is here to stay.

News27 January 2014

McDonald's looks to 'regain momentum' through insight

CEO Don Thompson wants to “better understand how we can deliver on evolving consumer needs”.

News27 January 2014

Schlesinger Associates adds online services in Europe

Launch comes six months after the appointment of Interactive Europe MD James Sallows.

News27 January 2014

Marketers 'miss ROI by ignoring value proposition'

New study says marketers are focused on new media channels at the expense of marketing messages.

News24 January 2014

Datorama unveils cross-channel marketing analytics platform

New platform allows clients to unify marketing data across all channels into a single interface.

News24 January 2014

Simulmedia and FourthWall expand data partnership

Simulmedia will have abillity to match FourthWall’s full daily feed of TV viewing data to household purchase data.

News24 January 2014

Jason More tackles 'big data' with new role at pureprofile

More’s appointment as European senior account director will see him focus on new Quidco partnership.

News24 January 2014

Innerscope launches consumer neuroscience platform

Sensus integrates biometrics, eye tracking, facial coding and self-report tools.

News24 January 2014

Apple looks to target content according to mood

Patent filing outlines how data can be used to infer mood to match content.

News24 January 2014

SPA Future Thinking launches Playground

Playground is a new kids and family research brand.

News24 January 2014

Opt-out no longer acceptable, says Sorrell

WPP chief says businesses and government have to work harder to show benefits of data collection.

Feature23 January 2014

Rewarding relationships

HootSuite has designs on dominating the social media marketing space. Data and insight will play a crucial role.

News23 January 2014

Warc's Global Marketing Index dips in January

Decline due mostly to fall in optimism for trading conditions in the Americas.

News23 January 2014

Confirmit acquires text analytics provider Integrasco

Integrasco allows companies to track the performance of brands, products and services across social media, traditional media and customer channels.

News23 January 2014

NRS names radio man Redican as new CEO

Simon Redican, MD of the Radio Advertising Bureau, will replace Mike Ironside at National Readership Survey.

News23 January 2014

Foreman made chairman at ZappiStore

Dan Foreman to head board of directors of self-service online research platform.

News23 January 2014

HootSuite ups analytics game with uberVU acquisition

UverVU analyses social media interactions to help brands manage presence across social media.

News23 January 2014

GfK to provide Twitter TV insights in Europe

New GfK Twitter TV Ratings service to be introduced in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

News22 January 2014

The magnetic collective attracts Navratil

Keith Navratil has been named partner at research-based consultancy the magnetic collective.

News22 January 2014

4C scoops $5m in series B funding

The social intelligence company, which offers advertising and measurement platforms, received the investment from Jump Capital.

News22 January 2014

Mullender adds to growing team at Relish

Liz Mullender has joined Relish Research’s quantitative team as senior research executive.

Opinion22 January 2014

Driven to frustration

Research Now’s Annie Pettit takes aim at the lazy stereotype of market research peddled in the latest Peugeot commercial.

News22 January 2014

Affectiva and Millward Brown renew facial analysis deal

Automated facial coding to be standardised in all Millward Brown Link tests.

News22 January 2014

Nest chief vows data privacy changes would be opt in

Tony Fadell tells Munich conference that consumers will have their say on any future privacy policy updates.

News22 January 2014

Retailers caught in a data storm, says EIU survey

Economist Intelligence Unit suggests businesses are struggling to identify the most useful information “amidst the overload”.

News22 January 2014

Cello reports double-digit growth in 2013 revenues

Trading update points to solid 12 months for insight and strategic marketing group.

News21 January 2014

'Family' is the word for Bounty and EasyInsites

Parenting club and insight community specialists announce the launch of new “Word of Family” panel.

News21 January 2014

Northstar wins global Girl Guides membership study

Commissioned by World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to explore motivations and barriers to membership.

Feature21 January 2014

Mainlining social information

Richard Owen, Satmetrix CEO, wants to create a Bloomberg-like terminal for streaming voice of the customer data.

News21 January 2014

Obama draws analytics into surveillance row

“The challenges to our privacy do not come from government alone,” warns US president.

News21 January 2014

Business sample source launched by SSI

B2B InSSItes combines live telephone interviewing with LinkedIn data for respondent verification.

News21 January 2014

Vision Critical chairman sells $10m-worth of shares

Angus Reid sells a chunk of his holdings, “clearing the deck for a potential IPO”.

News20 January 2014

BARC inks deal with Mediametrie for TV tech

Industry-backed research bodies to share watermarking technology for TV ratings system.

News20 January 2014

The Marketing Workshop gets senior account manager

Former Con Agra insights manager Kelly Mayer moves agency side.

News20 January 2014

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech names US director

Carolina Milanesi, formerly with Gartner, will lead all US analyst teams.

News20 January 2014

Mintel taps two analysts to lead push into Poland

Honorata Jarocka and Regina Maiseviciute to start tracking consumer trends in the country.

Feature20 January 2014

An audience with the King of Shaves

Will King, founder of King of Shaves, talks insight and innovation with Jane Simms ahead of the company’s most ambitious launch to date.

News20 January 2014

BDRC Continental creates new divisions

Commercial teams to be headed by Ian Stevens ( pictured), while Matt Costin leads On the Move.

News20 January 2014

Research Now names Dubreuil Northern Europe MD

Client development SVP Chris Dubreuil to take charge of regional business.

News17 January 2014

Brandwatch hires former Topsy execs for San Francisco launch

Even Walser ( pictured) and Aaron Hayes-Roth to establish new office and team for social analytics firm.

News17 January 2014

Nielsen ups Harris Interactive offer price

New price values Harris at $118.9m. Shareholders given to 31 January to accept deal.

News17 January 2014

MRops staffs up in client reporting and stats roles

Steve Connelly heads a trio of new faces joining the market research operations firm.

News17 January 2014

Google appeals against French privacy rap – report

Internet giant challenges €150,000 fine, issued over privacy policy concerns.

Opinion17 January 2014

Taming the brand vandals

Can active engagement with critics help brands avoid reputational damage? Steve Earl, European MD of communications agency Zeno Group, weighs the risks.

News17 January 2014

Quadrangle's RED appoints senior account manager

Christine Bradford joins data collection business after stints with TSL and EdComs.

News17 January 2014

Engage names new associate director

Lise Cottle, ex-Taylor Nelson, joins quant research team.

News17 January 2014

Sports specialist SMG Insight opens Scottish office

Former IMG and Wasserman exec Lucy Bell joins new Edinburgh-based team.

News17 January 2014

BrainJuicer bounces back with 17% growth in 2013

Agency puts disappointments of 2012 behind it with a sharp rise in annual revenue and pre-tax profits.

News16 January 2014

Clear Channel Outdoor names VP of research

Former CNBC researcher Eric Sherman to provide ‘critical analysis’ for out-of-home media platforms.

News16 January 2014

CBS first major net for Rentrak 'Advanced Demographics'

CBS research chief David Poltrack hopes for “more effective use of the TV medium”.

Feature16 January 2014

A positive turn

2014 has started with a surge of optimism. But why? It’s one of many topics addressed in Issue 4 of Impact Magazine, out now.

News16 January 2014

Decipher signs MRDC for Beacon push in Asia

Reseller agreement will promote online survey platform in southeast Asian markets.

News16 January 2014

Integral Ad Science, WebSpectator get MRC accredited

US media measurement auditor signs off on ad verification and viewability metrics.

News16 January 2014

Ipsos Marketing names new Europe and Africa director

Former Future Thinking chief Chris Sinclair gets new regional role.

News16 January 2014

SPA Future Thinking re-hires for senior-level roles

Hamish Asser ( pictured) is among a handful of “old faces” returning to the agency.

News16 January 2014

Optimism on the rise among UK marketers

Warc and IPA data points to UK upturn, as global ad spend forecasts are reined in.

News15 January 2014

Diane Hessan to become chairman of Communispace

Former Promise CEO Charles Trevail will take over as chief executive on 1 March.

News15 January 2014

Sale off the agenda at Ebiquity

Proposals did not reflect “the board’s view of the company’s value”.

Feature15 January 2014

Feathering its Nest with the internet of things

Google’s $3.2bn acquisition of smart device maker Nest opens up a whole new world of behavioural data to the internet giant.

News15 January 2014

Vision Critical gets new shareholder, hires CRO

Difference Capital makes $3.5m investment as the firm announces hiring of former OMERS MD Derek Smyth as CRO.

News15 January 2014

New French office for OnePoint Global

Lyon office is the fourth new opening in eight weeks for mobile research firm.

News15 January 2014

ForeSee chief Larry Freed steps down

Freed calls time on his 12 years at ForeSee, three weeks after the company’s acquisition by Answers.

News15 January 2014

Schlesinger creates two new senior qualitative positions

Scott Baker appointed vice president, account management; Samantha Bacelieri-Centers appointed operations director, Schlesinger qualitative.

News14 January 2014

Cookie-less tracking model to be released by TagMan

New model aims to replace cookie tracking through tag management tracking links.

News14 January 2014

Cliff Crosbie joins Skylabs from Apple

Crosbie oversaw the global preferred reseller programme at Apple.

News14 January 2014

Cross channel performance 'not measured effectively'

Joint CMO Club and Visual IQ study is based on findings from a survey of CMOs and heads of marketing.

News14 January 2014

Can digital analytics trump The X Factor?

Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment sets talent scouting challenge for analytics pros.

Opinion14 January 2014

Do your customers know what you stand for?

David Forbes explains the benefit of exploring the ‘emotional space’ in customer relationships in order to build brand loyalty.

News14 January 2014

New recruits and promotions at Crowd DNA

Two new joiners and two internal promotions confirmed; another new hire to be announced in February.

News14 January 2014

Join the Dots promotes Child to talent director

Former research director to lead manage in-house learning centre, the ‘dotacademy’.

News14 January 2014

Publicis Groupe acquires Qorvis Communications

The DC-based PR agency will become part of MSLGROUP, Publicis Groupe’s strategic communications and engagement network.

News13 January 2014

Turn banks $80m after series E funding round

Marketing software and analytics platform gets new investment to fund 2014 expansion.

News13 January 2014

IPC, OMD and Vodafone to probe Future of Families

New five-month insight project to build on OMD UK’s Future of Britain work.

News13 January 2014

Ex-Epsilon chief buys MR firm Shapiro

Zain Raj to lead new “insights and ideas company”, Shapiro + Raj.

News13 January 2014

Euclid goes 'freemium' with Express store analytics

Looking to lower barriers to entry and increase uptake with free version, says CEO Will Smith.

News13 January 2014

Brandtone closes third round of funding with €14m investment

Mobile marketing company has backing from Syngenta Ventures, Unilever Ventures and Verlinvest.

News13 January 2014

India gov't votes for TV ratings framework

Guidelines set minimum sample size and require agencies to register with information ministry.

News13 January 2014

Former TNS CEO Pedro Ros joins Creston

Ros has been appointed to the newly created role of head of strategic insight.

News13 January 2014

Michelle Castle joins db5 from Hall & Partners

Ex-H&P US chief Castle will lead db5’s new Chicago office in the role of db5 president USA.

News13 January 2014

Former WorldOne qual team goes independent

Group of 13 form new healthcare qual fieldwork business, QualWorld.

News13 January 2014

MoneySuperMarket appoints Meetrics to improve visibility of online ads

Meetrics has been hired to help improve the percentage of MoneySuperMarket’s online ads that are viewable on a webpage.

News10 January 2014

TRA co-founder joins TV ad services company

Mark Lieberman becomes president and CEO of Viamedia.

News10 January 2014

Don Elgie, Creston founder, to retire in March

Finance chief Barrie Brien to succeed Elgie ( pictured) as chief executive.

News10 January 2014

Third Euro rap for Google over privacy policy

French data protection authority slaps internet giant with €150,000 fine.

News10 January 2014

Facebook snaps up Android app analytics firm

Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs to relocate to California post-acquisition.

News10 January 2014

M3 Global Research makes UK and US appointments

Nine new hires and a new Rochester office for healthcare market research firm.

Feature10 January 2014

Selection boxes, slurred words and satisfaction

Alongside the Christmas debate on whether to have cheese before or after dessert, the question of when to measure overall satisfaction is contentious.

News10 January 2014

British Airways picks eDigital for customer feedback task

BA Pulse system already live in the UK, US, BRIC countries and the Caribbean.

News9 January 2014

MassMutual customer analytics and research division expands

Amit Phansalkar, Sears Merritt and Trevor Morgan have all joined the data analytics team.

News9 January 2014

YouGov acquires Decision Fuel

Latest acquisition extends YouGov’s presence to China and South East Asia.

Opinion9 January 2014

Are you ready for Biz's Jelly?

Will Twitter co-founder Biz Stone’s new Q&A app catch on as a market research tool? FreshMinds director Matt Rhodes weighs its potential.

News9 January 2014

Branka Orosnjak rejoins Hall & Partners as partner

Orosnjak was a research director at Hall & Partners before joining Millward Brown.

News9 January 2014

Pinterest acquires image recognition and visual search platform VisualGraph

Visual Graph combines machine vision tools with large-scale distributed search and machine learning infrastructure.

News9 January 2014

Stephan Mayer joins Cross-Tab as VP of operations and client services

Mayer was previously vice president of quantitative intelligence with Chatter, Inc.

News9 January 2014

Madrona acquired by West Monroe Partners

Madrona Solutions Group is a Seattle-based consultancy specialising in customer relationship management and business intelligence solutions.

News8 January 2014

MRS issues call for social media case studies

Society seeks examples of ‘how the commercial value of utilising social media has been measured’.

News8 January 2014

Evidon's first COO named as Emily Riley

Riley will drive the digital marketing intelligence company’s marketing and company database operations.

News8 January 2014

Tuned In founder leaves after nine years

Douglas Dunn reportedly planning new venture following departure from online communities specialist.

News8 January 2014

Kristin Lemkau appointed CMO at JPMorgan Chase

Lemkau has been with JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor firms since 1998.

Opinion8 January 2014

Leveraging the Olympic legacy

Following the launch of its London Pride 2013 report, Firefly Millward Brown’s Anne Collins examines how marketers can take advantage of the Olympic effect among young people.

News8 January 2014

Nielsen to 'standardise' viewer loyalty measurement

Preliminary study for Bravo suggests a correlation between viewer loyalty and consumer purchases.

News8 January 2014

Telefónica O2 hires Russell for business intelligence role

Former Paddy Power and Sky director Danny Russell joins mobile network in general manager post.

News8 January 2014

Research Runner welcomes Giuseppe Mancuso

Mancuso has joined the firm as fieldwork solutions director.

News7 January 2014

Katie Burke takes global comms role at Nielsen

Burke has been made executive vice president of marketing and communications.

News7 January 2014

Denise Bahil joins Temkin Group

Bahil has joined the customer experience research and consulting firm as a customer experience transformist.

News7 January 2014

SurveyMonkey's Sarah Cho named president of PAPOR

PAPOR is the Pacific chapter of the American Association of Public Opinion Research ( AAPOR).

Feature7 January 2014

Are we really irrational, or just adaptively rational?

Elina Halonen and Leigh Caldwell of The Irrational Agency interview psychologist and author Vlad Griskevicius.

News7 January 2014

MRA quarterly index points to increased US optimism

With executive management more upbeat, the US Research Industry Index moves up to 102.

News7 January 2014

Deal done: KPMG buys Link Analytics

Purchase designed to shore up audit and advisory firm’s data and analytics capabilities.

News7 January 2014

ZappiStore rolls out in Canada

Self-service online research platform takes first step in ‘aggressive expansion plan’.

News7 January 2014

Quadrangle makes Rance a partner

Corporate development director Phil Rance promoted, along with Steven Brown and Peter Hasler.

News3 January 2014

IMS Health files for initial public offering

Healthcare data firm preps for share sale four years after going private.

Feature3 January 2014

2014 Preview: The biggest trends

Big data and mobile were undoubtedly the success stories of 2013. But what will get the research world buzzing in 2014?

News3 January 2014

MRA calls for TCPA reform on automated cell phone calls

Latest figures show two-fifths of US households are now mobile-only.

News3 January 2014

Lawsuit claims Facebook 'mines' private messages

But Facebook says the allegations – that it profits from private message data – are “without merit”.

News3 January 2014

1World raises $1.5m in Series A funding

The consumer intelligence company achieved its funding goals with an over-subscribed Series A financing round.

News3 January 2014

DJS starts 2014 with raft of promotions and hires

Alexandra Noden ( pictured) and six others take on new roles at Cheshire-based agency.

News3 January 2014

Dominique Shu joins Unleaded

The veteran researcher has joined the marketing agency as research director.

News3 January 2014

Informa CEO retires, CFO departs

Peter Rigby ( pictured) and Adam Walker leave the business intelligence group.

News2 January 2014

Brand expert Rita Clifton awarded CBE

MRS president and Populus chairman recognised for ‘services to the advertising industry’.

News2 January 2014

GutCheck secures $2.5m investment to support online offering

On-demand community platform follows up $4m summertime financing with new influx of cash.

News2 January 2014

Answers.com buys ForeSee

The Q&A platform has announced the purchase of the customer experience analytics company for over $200m.

News2 January 2014

New Nielsen CEO starts with $1m salary

Mitch Barns also in line for $1.8m bonus if 2014 performance targets are met.

News2 January 2014

Progressive completes purchase of Pyramid Research

$3.3m takeover of business information provider wraps up on New Year’s Day.

News2 January 2014

O2's head of social insight joins Twitter UK

Move reunites Matt Taylor with former O2 colleague Jake Steadman.